Smokin' Joe' (below) went toe-to-toe with Muhammad Ali three times between 1971 and 1975, the first labelled the 'Fight of the Century', while the last installment, the 'Thrilla in Manila', is widely regarded as the pinnacle of pugilism.

A mixture of political pugilism and fairly uneventful sex, the main story involves the cliched relationship between Valerie, a workingclass publisher-turnedalcoholic housewife, and Isla, a stupid girl who can't see she's being played like a Stradivarius, is galling.

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